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It's not uncommon for me to have to run a command line program that gives me a unique code (kind of like an RSA SecurID token, but entirely software), and then paste that code into a web page or ssh session.

This is tedious.

So is there a program out there that I can assign a hotkey to run this command and simulate typing the result wherever the cursor is?

Bonus points for programs that...

  • Entirely hide the console window so I never see it
  • Allow me to define "normal" and "abnormal" results (via regex?) and will show a little popup for abnormal ones
  • Are free

Edit: I'm on Windows 7

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Just and idea... What about automatically piping the output of your program to another program which would place it in the OS clipboard? Then you can just CTRL-V where you need it. This is discussed here: How to pipe text from command line to the clipboard

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That's assuming he's not using Linux or Windows XP and earlier – Split71 Jan 5 at 20:14
That's not very helpful for SSH sessions where I'd still have to grab the mouse (Ctrl+V is piped through to the host). – Hounshell Jan 5 at 20:14
Windows 7, thankfully. – Hounshell Jan 5 at 20:15
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